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On Mondays, lunch in room C3 gives students a place to relax and de-stress from the school day.
Gosh Yarn It Club is a club where students can hang out with friends while also learning how to knit, with the intent to help the homeless in the Bay Area.
Emily Kim, the president of Gosh Yarn It, started...

When thinking of computer science or coding, it is usually thought of as a male-dominated field.
This is because women currently hold only 24 percent of the jobs in computing, which leaves the remainder 76 percent to men.
However, there are more opportunities for women to access coding jobs; i...

Every eye is focused on you. You speak confidently and your voice carries over to the crowd of people inspecting the presentation you’d worked on for months. Loud applause rings into the otherwise silent room and you smile in triumph.
DECA’s Silicon Valley District Conference was a success for Ca...

The Jazz Club is a community of musicians who meet almost every day at lunch to practice what they love: jazz music.
The club is well known in the band room but does not get any other exposure as it was not at this years' club fair. Most of the people at Jazz Club heard about it from other people...

49 percent of students report feeling stressed every single day.
Stress has become a problem in teenagers of the 21st century and now ranks a 5.8 on a ten point scale compared to the average adult stress level of 5.1.
With finals coming our way, high schoolers are under a lot of stress which...

Members of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) Club battle goblins and owl-bears in fantasy lands filled with danger and adventure every Friday after school in room D26 .
Dungeons & Dragons is a tabletop role-playing game in which a band of travelers goes on quests and adventures. The game was created...

During the holidays, small string lights cover houses all throughout the Bay Area. Many are Christmas lights, twinkling red, white, and green.
However, some are Hanukkah decorations, twinkling blue and white.
Jewish Club met on Friday, Dec. 7 to celebrate the sixth day of Hanukkah. Members of the club made drei...

Only one out of every five people in the technology industry are women.
The Girls Who Code Club strives to change that statistic by hosting a welcoming environment for high school girls to learn code.
The club is run by Jessica Yu, a junior, but is structured by the Girls Who Code organization. In each ...

"Our goal is to bring awareness to cancer through giving back to our community," said Cindy Chen, president of Hope Brigade Club. The club meets on the second and fourth Friday of every month in room D7.

With tryouts beginning early next semester, Badminton Club welcomes those that want to improve their skills before the season starts.
Badminton tryouts at Carlmont are very competitive due to the vast amount of people looking to be on the team. Being a very technical sport, maintaining a strong se...

Despite being a newly formed club, Alzheimer's Club strives to raise awareness about the disease in the short amount of time given since the club has formed.
Alzheimer's is a certain kind of dementia that deals with memory loss. It typically occurs in people who are typically 60 years or older, but...

“Some of the movies we watch are like time capsules,” a member of the Classic Film Club said while describing the club.
Although there are various other movie-watching clubs at Carlmont, the Classic Film Club is unique. While the other clubs choose popular movies that have recently been in theat...